Our “refrigerator” was river water – handy to keep our water bottles cool and our chocolate slightly less than melted.
At an estimated 110 degrees at sunset, it stayed hot for a long time. No sleeping bags – we slept on pads with sheets. I soaked mine in cold river water each night and slept in the tent (no ants, scorpions, spiders or rattlesnakes for me!) By midnight, my sheet was barely damp, always dry by morning.
Rock strata from hundreds of millions of years is exposed in the Grand Canyon. This particular area has an “unconformity” with about 1200 million years of geology mysteriously missing. We didn’t solve it, but at least we were in the shade for awhile.
The ever popular “nipple beer” which requires you to be in the very cold Colorado up to your nipples (boys and girls ;) for the time it takes to drink your beer. The goal is a big chill that should last you at least 30 minutes.
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